[font=Arial, sans-serif]These cooler winter months often means that colds and flus are running rampant through your family. Aches and pains also occur quickly in the cold weather, allowing muscle to become injured easily. [/font]

[font=Arial, sans-serif]Chiropractic Care boosts your immune system to help you ward off those bugs, or to get you through the sickness faster. [Read More…]

Exercise during pregnancy~/?x=entry:entry180710-2305262018-07-10T23:05:26+00:002018-07-10T23:05:26+00:00

[font=Georgia, serif]As discussed in our previous entry – should I be carrying anything while I’m pregnant - you will pick up weight as your belly grows during pregnancy, this causes the lower back to typically increase its curve and increase forces over your hips, knees and ankles, which will contribute to back and joint pain. Balance may be affected by the changes in your posture, which may place you at an increased risk of falling. The hormones released into your system will also start to soften your ligament and tissues in your body, specifically around your pelvis. [Read More…]

Should I be carrying anything while I’m pregnant?~/?x=entry:entry180710-2300252018-07-10T23:00:25+00:002018-07-10T23:00:25+00:00

Many women are told not to lift anything while they are pregnant. This is not true, while you should carry excessively heavy object while you are pregnant, you can still lift many things. Some people recommended that you should reduce your carrying load to 20 – 25% from pre-pregnancy to late pregnancy. [Read More…]

At what age should you feed your baby solids?~/?x=entry:entry180710-2258252018-07-10T22:58:25+00:002018-07-10T22:58:25+00:00

[font=Georgia, serif]Many parents are told by health care providers and in many baby books to begin feeding solids to their babies from four months. In my studies and experience I have always been told that six months is always best. So I thought I would do some research into the matter.[/font][font=Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif][font=Georgia, serif]The world health organization recommends that solids only be introduced from six months of age. [Read More…]

Chiropractic care for Infants and Children~/?x=entry:entry170916-0055292017-09-16T00:55:29+00:002017-09-16T00:55:29+00:00

Babies and children are susceptible to trauma and injury of their spines, this can be due to the birthing process, intra-uterine constraint, or as your child learns how to do new things, such as crawling or walking, they will fall and bump themselves often.

Intra-uterine constraint is defined as any forces external to the developing foetus that obstructs normal movement of the foetus. If your pelvis was slightly unbalanced and your developing baby could not move around freely, then this may irritate or stiffen joints within your baby’s body. [Read More…]